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ReviewsIs Inoreader actually free?
How free74/100
Value6/10
How these scores work
Free Score (0–100) follows a fixed rubric: cards up front, auto-billing, hard time cutoffs, withheld core features, and paying with your data or attention all deduct points. 90–100 truly free · 70–89 free forever · 45–69 squeezed · 15–44 trial mechanics · under 15 fake or gone. Value (0–10) is editorial: real-world worth of the free offering measured against its paid equivalent. Full rubric on the methodology page.
Yes — one of the roomier free tiers in RSS: 150 feeds, real apps, folders. The price is ads in your reading flow, and the genuinely powerful stuff (rules, monitoring, search) is paid.
What it’s worth
Comparable paid plans run ~$90/year; the free tier covers ordinary daily reading.
What you get free
- Follow up to 150 feeds, with ads
- Web and mobile apps with sync
- Basic folders and tagging
In practice: a generous, ad-supported free reader whose paid tiers chase the power users.
Drawbacks
- Ads in the free reading flow
- Automation and search are paid
- 150-feed cap
Also paywalled
- Automation rules and filters
- Keyword monitoring and alerts
- Full-archive search, and removing the ads
Free facts
| Verdict | Free Forever |
| Card required | No |
| Auto-bills | Only if you subscribe |
| Account | Required |
| Limits | Up to 150 feeds with ads; rules, monitoring and full search are paid |
| The real cost | Nothing at the free tier — you read with ads. Paid plans from roughly $7.50/month. |
The catch
Ads inside a reading app annoy exactly the kind of person who uses RSS; that's the nudge. Power features are firmly paywalled.
The smart play
- Use folders aggressively — the free tier's organization is better than most rivals'
More info — tap to expand
Feedly or Inoreader free?
Inoreader's free tier is roomier (150 feeds vs 100) and has ads; Feedly's is cleaner-looking but caps harder. Both read the same open RSS — try both, keep one.
Last checked: July 2026 · Verdict: Free Forever — a real permanent free plan. signup and fair limits — but no clock and no card.
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